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Volunteers sustain the work we do, if you would like to help out at Environment Hamilton Volunteer Opportunities Hamilton Eat Local needs Volunteers for FEBRUARY IS FARM MONTH! Throughout February 2012, Hamilton Eat Local is rolling out various events for February is Farm Month. We are looking for volunteers to help with organizing, planning, and implementing some of these events. ________________________________________________________ Good Neighbour Campaign is looking for canvassers! HHEAT needs your help! ________________________________________________________
Good Food Box Program ( this project makes healthy fresh food affordable and accessible to everyone.)
We need volunteers for 2 hours on the third wednesday of every month to assist with Good Food Box packing.
This is ongoing. About 4-6 packers each time would be fabulous. Come out once or twice or more!
Packs are fun!!
The impact of this work is tangible for those who want to make a measurable difference to our community.
Please note: the pack activity is not strenous but some lifting is required. Contact Karen, Hamilton Eat Local Project Manager at 905.549.0900 or email:
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WORKING GROUPS ENVIRONMENT HAMILTON WATCHDOGS Help Environment Hamilton track the city's environmental decision-making.
We'll provide a list of options of committees or policy development processes that you can participate in or just observe. You become familiar with the environmental issues being examined (or not) and how our representatives are responding and help EH advocate for better actions and policies.
Focus areas include: *city's cycling committee, *City's waste management task force,
*pedestrian master plan development,
*solid waste management master plan review
*local transportation
*master plans (as they are undertaken),
*food and shelter advisory committee, *affordable transit pass committee *environmental assessments of infrastructure projects, *bay area implementation team (multi-stakeholder) *Niagara to GTA Corridor Study (provincial), etc. WATCHDOG DUTIES: In each case, we want the volunteer to become familiar with the process or the committee's work, and tell us what is happening there, and make suggestions on what interventions EH might consider. The volunteer can personally advocate for environmental actions they support as well. Our objectives include:
-- EH keeping a closer eye on things so we know when to intervene -- Amplifying the environmental voices in decision-making -- Putting environmentally concerned people in a position where they can learn more -- Strengthening EH's role in policy development -- Pointing out the missing pieces in city policies - often the environmental/sustainability questions are never even asked or considered (for example, transportation master plans that don't really make walking and cycling and transit more important than vehicle use). Watchdog volunteers can also identify a specific environmental action they think the city should do (such as allowing chickens in backyards, purchasing green vehicles, improving the transit system, etc.) and then: (1) find out what the city is actually doing on this; and
(2),if necessary, help EH start advocating for change.
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WRITING GROUP
Do you enjoy writing articles, reviewing books and other resources, researching and reporting on cutting edge materials? Write for the newsletter and blogs. You can help us grow our resource library by contacting publishers and getting review copies of materials. You will need to do write ups of the material for the blog.
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ADVOCACY
Are you interested in community advocacy and environmental activism? Would you like to help out with and learn how to prepare a case for an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) appeal?
We have a volunteer position for you. Under the steady guidance of staff and community leaders,the volunteer will help with the applied research needed, note taking and preparing appeals forenvironmental issues community members are approaching us about- such as the aerotropolis issue-this issue being the conversion of over 2500 acres of airport-area foodland into an industrial business park. (Currently this volunteer opp is closed).
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GRANT/FUNDING RESEARCHER We are looking for someone who can keep on top of available grants that are available and compatible with Environment Hamilton's mandate. ________________________________________________________ VIDEO EDITOR _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Our volunteer outreach and engagement efforts are generously supported by
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